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J.SH AFER.

HAY RAGK.

No. 257,770. Patented May 9,1882. I

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- HAY RACK; No. 257,770. Patented May 9, 1882.

UNITED STATES ATENT *rrron.

JOHN SHAFEB, OF LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,770, dated May 9, 1882.

Application filed November 16, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, JOHN SHAFER, of Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Hay- Rack and Wagon-Box; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure lis a perspective view of my improved wagon-box and hay-rack. Fig: 2 is a side ele-.

vation of one of the sides of my wagon-box. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the end braces of the hay-rack. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the intermediate braces of the hay-rack. Fig. '5 is a view of a hay-ladder. Figs. 6 and 7 are views of modified forms of end and middle metallic braces. 'Fig. Sis a front view of an end-gate of the wagon-box, and Fig. 9 is a top view of a cross-bar of the wagon-box.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Myinvention relatestoimprovementsin hayracks and wagon-boxes; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In theaccompanyin g drawings, a a represent the side-boards of my improved wagon-box, similarly constructed, so that a description of one will suffice for both. Each side-board ais provided with a horizontal row of mortises, c 0, made near the lower edge of the side-board a, and adapted, excepting the end ones, to receive the cross-bars 7r inserted therein.

, e e are. hooks rigidly secured to the outer faces of the side-boards at, their hooked ends projecting slightly below the side-boards and carrying the ends of the cross-bars cl cl, thus leaving a space between the upper faces of the cross-bars d and the lower faces-of the crossbars h for the boards constituting the bed or bottom of the wagon-box. The outer boards, z c, of the bed or bottom of the wagon are beveled in the same direction along their inner faces, or are wedge-shaped, and the central board, k, has its edges beveled in a contrary direction, so as to form a wedge-shaped piece adapted to slide into the wedge-shaped opening formed between the inner edges of the boards '5 i, and thus form a tight wagon-bed to prevent the egress of seed or other matters.

. holes in the tenons m of the braces.

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1 represents a pin, by means of which the wedge-shaped central bottom board, 70, is held construction the bottom of the wagon can readily be removed to discharge a load at once without the labor of unloading it.

The upper horizontal row of mortises, b I), (see Figs. 1 and 2,) are formed for the insertion of the tenons m m of the end braces, m, and the tenons n of the intermediate braces, n n, to which the slats 0 o are secured, forming the hay-rack. The tenons m on the end braces, m, are made longer than the tenons n on the intermediate braces, n, so as to extend through the side-boards a of the wagon-box, and thence into the recessesp of the end-gates, the end braces, m, and the end-gates 1" being securely attached to each other and the wagon-box by the removable rods q passing through holes in the projections 15 in the end-gates and through The projections s s at the lower ends of the end-gates project through the end mortises of the lower row of mortises, c, and the end braces rest upon them. The tenons n. of the intermediate braces, it, pass through the intermediate mortises, b I), and the lower ends of the intermediate braces, a, rest on the ends of the crossbars h, and are held in place by the pins to passing through holes near the ends of the cross-bars h.

sides a. By this construction it will .be seen that the sides of the hay-rack can be separated from the wagon-box, and the sides, endgates, hay-ladder, cross-bars, and bottom or bed of the box separated and packed away for safe keeping or transportation, and readily put together withou t employing a skilled workman.

The braces shown in Figs. 6 and 7 are a modified form of metallic braces, Fig. 6 showbrace, made of sheet metal, the angular flange w of Fig. 7 fitting over the upper edge of the side-board of the wagon.

VVha-t 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the end-gate 1, provided with the projections t s and recesses 12, and side-board a, provided with end mortises, c, of the end brace, m, provided with a tenon, m, extending through the side-board and into in place between the other boards. By this ing the end brace, and Fig. 7 an intermediate 12 represents a hay-ladder pivoted in the the recess, and secured thereto by a pin, q, sub- I as set forth, and. pins 1 q u, whereby the haystantially as described, and for the purpose set racks and wagon-box can be separated or put- 10 forth. together, substantially as described, and for 2. The combination'of the side-boards a, prothe purpose set forth. vided with the mortises b c and hooks 0, removable cross -bars h d, removable wedge- Attest: shaped boards 1' i It, braces m m n n, 0011- Q. A. MYERS,

JOHN SHAFER.

nected by slats o o, end-gates r r, constructed 1 GEORGE T. WEBSTER. 

